Abstract:
MICROBIOLOGICAL PROCESS FOR PREPARING 17-OXYGENATED ANDROSTANES BY SUBJECTING 20-OXYGENATED PREGNANES TO THE ACTION OF A CULTURE OF THE FUNGUS GLIOCLADIUM ROSEUM. THE STEROIDS PREPARED ARE KNOW COMPOUNDS WHICH ARE PHARMACEUTICALLY USEFUL AS ANDROGENIC AGENTS AND AS INTERMEDIATES WHICH CAN BE CONVERTED TO KNOWN COMPOUNDS WHICH ARE PROGESTATIONAL AGENTS.
Abstract:
THE SPIROSTAN DERIVATIVE 1,2,3,4,10,19-HEXANOR-5-OXO5,9-SECO-25D-SPIROSTAN-5-OIC ACID IS OBTAINED BY THE MICROBIOLOGICAL DEGRADATION OF DISOGENIN UTILIZING PROACTINOMYCES RESTRICTUS TURFITT CBS 157.45 OR ENZYMES DERIVED THEREFROM. THE AFORESAID SPIROSTAN DERIVATIVE IS USEFUL AS AN INTERMEDIATE IN THE SYNTHESIS OF MEDICINALLY VALUABLE 9B,10A-STEROIDS AND NORSTEROIDS.
Abstract:
A new series of 15 Beta ,16 Beta -methylene pregnanes is disclosed and methods for their preparation are described. The compounds are particularly useful as antiinflammatory agents.